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I loved spending time with my mom and talked to her on the phone often. She has been gone a little over a year now and I miss her every day.
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All About Spelling is quite popular around here and is really a great spelling curriculum, although it is not something that can be done independently by the student. It does not take very much time daily for one child (or two at the same level, which is what I have) but some people with multiple children find it takes too much time in the day. Another good one is Rod and Staff's Spelling by Sound and Structure, which is more workbook based.
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I had it done around 15 or 18 years ago and it has been the best gift I have ever given myself. Back then it cost me around $2,000 per eye, so it was more expensive. I have never had any problems with it alt all. My vision was really bad before Lasik but was 20/15 after. Now I need readers but that's ok. My distance vision is still great. No regrets at all!
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I am outside of the norm on this one also. We are on book 2 and my two sons are in 2nd grade. We are almost finished with it and will move on to book three around the end of the year, which is when they will be starting most of their 3rd grade materials. On average, we take about one week to go through 1 step. I have them spell all of the words, extra words, phrases and sentences. I also take time to review sounds and rule cards but I have not been good about reviewing past words. I am going to test them on some and see how they do. I may seriously regret not doing this.
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Thanks so much, I greatly appreciate the feedback. We are using AAS now and I was hoping to switch to the less expensive SP and save a little money but it sounds as if I should probably just keep trucking along with AAS, since it is working for us. Thanks!
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If you have used both, could you provide some pros, cons, differences, etc.? I understand that SP is not scripted, which is fine. I am wondering if it covers all of the rules that are covered in AAS.
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Yes, he should send the cards.
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I have two second graders (both boys). We are doing WWE, FLL and AAS. When you get past a certain point in WWE2, it goes like this:
day 1: Narration - no writing; they listen to a passage, answer some questions, narrate back and I write it down.
day 2: Dictation - I read a sentence or two to them three times and they write it down. I still have to help them spell a lot of the words though. (earlier in WWE2 this was a copywork day but it changes as you move further into the book).
day 3: Dictation - same as above
day 4: Narration and Dictation
FLL also normally has some dictation at this point also. (we are towards the latter part of the book, since our school year ends in December).
They also write spelling words, phrases and sentences from dictation with AAS. And we are using the HWOT 3rd grade cursive book to fine tune their cursive.
They also narrate from history and science but I am still writing those for them. I really need to start transferring that task to them.
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I have two sons in 2nd grade so we are using the 2nd year of SOTW this year. We do SOTW 2 days a week and our normal routine on the first day is that I read one chapter aloud, stopping after each section to ask questions and have one son narrate. They color while I read aloud. Next we do the map work, which is really quick but they have learned a lot by doing it consistently. On the second day I read aloud books from the library recommended by the activity guide. Some days I will also assign a library book or two for them to read.
We we first started doing SOTW I took the time to plan activities. The pattern I saw very quickly was that my sons would start a project and be done with it before the project was actually done. They would lose interest and it would be left to me to finish it. I stopped planning the activities and neither of them seemed to even notice. They never ask to do one, although they do see them in the activity guide here and there. They really love coloring the pictures though and would get very upset with me if I did not make time for that. It works out well that they can color while I read.
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LOL
Yes, they do it too. Sometimes worse.
Oh my! I had better start praying now.
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I understand how you feel. I have a sinus infection and am feeling pretty yucky myself. We miss an entire week of school because one of my sons was sick all week and running a temp. I guess it is that time of year.
I hope you feel better soon and that you have a good nap.
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Wow, you did very well at staying calm with her and sticking to your "I'm just reading my book and having some tea" business. Very good! So, for those who have boys, do they do this too? I am a mom of two just-turned-8YO boys and need to know if I should be expecting this in my future.
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You have gotten spot-on replies but I wanted to add something. My two sons are just turning 8 (one at the end of September and one in November) and they are pretty good at knowing the parts of speech definitions they are learning in FLL2. However, they are not good at actually looking at a sentence and telling which words are nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs articles, and prepositions. I am planning to start Latin with them when they start 3rd grade in January so I have been looking over the lessons and noticing that it will go better for them if they are able to do this, to some extent. Going forward, I plan to start asking them to tell me the different parts of speech (those that we have studied) when we do our FLL dictation. I think (hope) this will help solidify the concepts for them.
I agree with the PP's though, it does take lots of repetition for it to stick. I am still reminding them about capitalizing proper nouns and words at the beginning of sentences, although they do often remember on their own these days.
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Wonderful article with some great reminders. Thanks!
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Zyrtec is a dosed at 10 mg because that seems to be the threshold at which it works but is not sedating for many (some still do find it sedating). My allergist told me you can take quite a bit more of it safely but it might make you sleepy.
I take one every day and have for years. I double up with Singulair when I need extra reinforcement.
This is exactly what I do. I take Zyrtec year round and during my heaviest allergy seasons I add Singulair.
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This is very sad. Looks like it has already been demolished.
The Mark Twain Branch of the Detroit Public Libraries closed in 1996 for renovations and never reopened. What originally started as minor roof repair project grew into a total rehabilitation that went unfinished. Various efforts to revive the building never got past the drawing board, with the main concern being the "discovery" of asbestos. Some of the books left behind when the library closed were taken out and made available at the Mark Twain Annex, which is now facing permanent closure in 2011.
A final community meeting in July of 2011 sealed the fate of the Twain library. Over the objections of community leaders and residents, the DPL board confirmed that despite passing a tax levy that explicitly included funds to renovate the Twain library, it intended to demolish the building instead. Asbestos abatement started in September with demolition completed by October.
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It has helped greatly to study ahead of my son, so that I can help when he has trouble. ;-)
This sounds like a great idea. I think I will do the same. Thanks!
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After looking it over, I went ahead and ordered Getting Started with Latin. I may study it myself and after I am finished teach my sons with Lively Latin or I may just teach them from GSWL and then later switch over to Lively Latin. I found GSWL explained some of the terminology more clearly, which was very helpful to me. If I study that first, I may be able to teach from Lively Latin. Either way, I think you are right Coffeegal, taking it nice and slow is the way to go, especially if the one teaching it has never learned Latin. Thanks for your response.
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Thanks for the information. I am going to check out GSWL. We may want to do that first and then move into BBLL.
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I have read through much of the book and taken a look at some of the videos and audios but I am finding it a bit overwhelming and am not sure where to start. Do you print the book out one or two lessons at a time or do you print everything at once? What does a week of Lively Latin look like at your house. I will be using this with two 3rd grade boys (just turned 8YO).
I have looked through lots of old threads also but I might have missed one that already explains this. If you know of one, I would appreciate the link.
Thanks
Lea
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I had symptoms for years before I was finally diagnosed. They had even done an ultrasound on my gallbladder but, since there were no stones, they didn't think that was the problem. Also, most of my pain was in my back, which was pretty unusual for gallbladder pain, so that threw them off. Finally, one day dh and I went out for Chinese food and I guess it was greasy enough that it did the trick. I was in such pain and I was throwing up. I was finally sent for a Hida scan the next day, which left me feeling like someone had stuffed a football into my back. I was in so much more pain, I could not wait to have surgery. They took it out the next morning and the surgeon said it was in really horrible shape.
My expectation of recovery was that I would pretty much be back up and active within a day or two because I had heard others said they went shopping the next day and things like that. So I was really disappointed in how I was doing when I went for my followup with the surgeon a week after the surgery. He assured me that I was doing better than most people one week out from surgery and my expectations were off. It took me about 2 weeks to really feel back to normal.
I have had no issues since the surgery. Also, I was in so much pain when I went in for surgery that it was a huge relief when I woke up from surgery in less pain than when I went in. The pain with recovery did not compare at all with the pain before surgery.
Good luck to you. I hope you are able to get this resolved quickly.
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We have a structured routine here. The times we do things may change a bit from day to day but the order in which we do things is pretty consistent.
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I have not used the CD at all so far (we are 2/3 through the second book). We use the tiles and we use the cards with the rules the most. We also use the cards with the phonograms. That is really about all we use here.
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The paper is suppose to be tilted to the same angle as the writing arm, so they are parallel. This is for any kind of writing. An explanation of this is at the beginning of every Handwriting Without Tears book.
My two sons have resisted this also, up until recently. One son is on occupational therapy and, when I told his OT that neither of them would listen to me about this, she talked to them and reiterated why it was important. They are doing better with it now but still have to be reminded often as they have now developed the bad habit of keeping their paper straight.
Question for Math in Focus users
in K-8 Curriculum Board
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I have used some of 2A book with my two sons but have been bouncing back and forth between MIF and CLP for the spiral review in CLP. I am at a point though where I feel that CLP is moving soooo incredibly slow and they are not being challenged, other than memory work. I am thinking of moving back to MIF and sticking with it but am concerned that without the spiral approach, my sons may forget things that have been covered.
Do you feel that MIF provides enough review? Do you ever have any issues with your child forgetting what has been covered in a previous chapter?